Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM is a global technology and consulting company that helps organizations advance their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. The ML/AI Engineer – Consultant builds reliable software using machine learning and modern AI techniques, implementing models and application logic, validating performance, and communicating results to technical and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Build ML/AI components: implement models, features, and application logic against clear specifications, choosing appropriate methods from established approaches
- Engineer for quality: write clean, readable, tested code; use version control, code review, and the team's standards as a matter of habit. Get the details right and verify your own work against acceptance criteria before it's called done
- Evaluate & validate: measure model/solution performance with the right metrics and confirm outputs are correct, and not just that the code runs
- Accelerate with modern AI: use LLM/agentic tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to move faster, while reviewing and validating everything the AI produces
- Communicate: clearly present your results and progress to the team; flag blockers and slippage early
- Bridge Business and Technology:Translate requirements, evaluate against business metrics
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- Working knowledge of core ML concepts and common frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow); able to apply them to defined problems
- Able to work with data, interpret results, and identify relevant features
- A track record of delivering assigned work reliably and accurately
- Ability to interpret statistical data and identify relevant features to inform solution development
- Exposure to LLM/agentic developer tools and prompt basics. Use Claude, Copilot, LLM agents for acceleration
- Proficiency in Python (or similar); comfortable with version control, testing, and code review. You care about correctness and readable, maintainable code
- Explains technical work clearly to teammates and non-experts, and is starting to connect the “why” (business need) to the “how” (technical solution)
- The position can be performed from anywhere in the US
- Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)
- IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship
- Master's Degree
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- 401(k)
- Cash balance pension plan
- IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial counseling
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Opportunities for performance-based salary incentive programs
- 12 paid holidays
- Minimum 56 hours sick time
- 120 hours vacation
- 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy
- Other Paid Care Leave programs
- Paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on IBM's personalized, AI-driven learning platform
- Opportunities to grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups
- Giving and volunteer opportunities
- Discounts on retail products, services & experiences
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